Boston (BP) – Most years, when Prestonwood Baptist Church’s young singles take mission trips to Boston, they arrive a week before the Boston Marathon and leave the day after.

2013 was an exception. Since they could get cheaper flights two days after the event, the team decided to stay a day longer. When a bomb detonated near the finish line of the marathon killing three and injuring 264, that extra day may have been the most important day of the whole trip.–30–

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